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2 posted on
03/23/2006 5:07:49 AM PST by
glock rocks
(This site is best viewed with Crown Royal)
To: glock rocks
Bristol is probably the one track I would like to visit more than any other.
9 posted on
03/23/2006 5:18:03 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: glock rocks
Thanks for hosting this weeks thread!
12 posted on
03/23/2006 5:31:22 AM PST by
Toby06
(Jail employers of illegal immigrants.)
To: glock rocks
I'll be there in a luxury box, baby! YEAH!
To: glock rocks
100
19 posted on
03/23/2006 6:06:57 AM PST by
tubebender
(BIG REWARD for my missing tag line. Please advance a security deposit to enter...)
To: glock rocks
POWER RANKINGS
| Biggest Gain this week: Dale Earnhardt Jr., up six spots Biggest Drop this week: Casey Mears, down seven spots New this week: Martin Truex Jr. (24), Bobby Labonte (25). Dropped out: Clint Bowyer (16), Joe Nemechek (25). |
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| Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway |
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| 1 |
1 |
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Jimmie Johnson |
Kenny Wallace got the movie The Benchwarmers as an associate sponsor at Atlanta. With Knaus' suspension, Johnson's car would have been much better marketing. |
| 2 |
6 |
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Mark Martin |
A lot of people wondered why he couldn't catch Kahne in the final laps. It was because Martin was distracted after he realized he was missing his afternoon dose of Matlock. |
| 3 |
7 |
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Kasey Kahne |
Judging by his early success, 43 guys are going to show up at Bristol with dyed black hair. |
| 4 |
4 |
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Tony Stewart |
I truly believe that the Carl Edwards ESPN photo shoot jinxed him. Which pretty much eliminates any future chance of a similar Tony Stewart cover. |
| 5 |
2 |
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Matt Kenseth |
He isn't in the Gillette Young Guns anymore. Neither is Kevin Harvick. Which means they are making a huge push toward drivers that do not wear their hat 24/7. |
| 6 |
8 |
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Jeff Gordon |
That new Chevrolet commercial, where all the Chevy drivers toast each other, drives me crazy. That is water in that champagne glass! Use the real thing! Kyle Busch isn't even in the commercial! |
| 7 |
10 |
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Greg Biffle |
On TV, they said that Biffle holds his steering wheel differently than Dale Earnhardt Jr., because Biffle is a young guy. Come on. Biffle is six years older than Junior. |
| 8 |
9 |
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Jeff Burton |
He won the Busch race on Saturday, and it was his first win in anything in four years. And he clearly forgot how to do a burnout. |
| 9 |
5 |
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Kyle Busch |
I have to apologize to Kyle. We made fun of him two weeks ago for saying that he didn't mean to wreck Michel Jourdain in his home state of Mexico. Kyle actually knew that Mexico has 32 recognized states, and that is what he meant. Maybe Tony Stewart told him. |
| 10 |
3 |
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Casey Mears |
Overall, he had a pretty bad week. He had his birthday on the day of the Las Vegas event, but at 10 a.m. the next day, Jimmie Johnson left him at the airport, and he had to fly commercial back from Las Vegas (gasp!) and he had a middle-row seat (double gasp!). Then he finished 21st at Atlanta. |
| 11 |
11 |
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Kevin Harvick |
He had the radio transmission quote of the weekend about Kurt Busch: "If he takes a swipe at me it will be more than his ears that hurt." |
| 12 |
18 |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
We need to introduce Dale Jr. to the girl in the Mercury commercials. And she's even a North Carolina native. It would be perfect. Clearly, I have given this too much thought. |
| 13 |
14 |
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Dale Jarrett |
I guess you remember the Jarrett-Newman clash at Bristol last year. Funny thing is, Jarrett apologized for it a few weeks ago. I guess he realized he better call Newman since Bristol (and potential payback) is coming up. |
| 14 |
12 |
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Jamie McMurray |
He has a new house, a new dog, new assistants, new job, new uniforms, new everything. All of which are not nearly as stressful as a hairstylist change. |
| 15 |
17 |
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Robby Gordon |
At least the motor didn't blow up.
At Atlanta, Robby had to pit under green for a vibration, got caught speeding on pit road, saw his catch-can man get hurt and had a sure top-five turn into a 28th-place finish. |
| 16 |
21 |
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Denny Hamlin |
If Carl Edwards had been driving the No. 11 FedEx Chevrolet on Monday, this would have been the post-race quote: "Gosh, we had a great Chevrolet today. I knew it was fast when I took out Ryan Newman there in Turn 4. It was an honor to be fast enough to get into the back of him." |
| 17 |
13 |
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Carl Edwards |
There is a member of his team that has refused to shave until Edwards wins again. Now, knowing Carl's lack of success at short tracks, you know what this poor guy's wife is thinking as the series hits Bristol and Martinsville. "Aww, no! I gotta look at you with a full beard for at least three more weeks!" |
| 18 |
15 |
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Ryan Newman |
I'll bet he went crazy when he saw Kahne win. "Dang it, Kasey, NASCAR was going to give us nose help! Oh no! That is Petty in eighth! Sorenson in 10th!" |
| 19 |
24 |
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Scott Riggs |
Report: Riggs already worried Mayfield will demand his ride if Mayfield falls out of top 35 |
| 20 |
21 |
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Elliott Sadler |
He is a big NCAA hoops fan, but it is starting to affect his driving. I can almost hear his Atlanta radio transmissions:
Baldwin: "Pit in 6, Elliott."
Sadler: "Pitt is up by six?"
Baldwin: "No, I want you to pit in 6."
Sadler: "You want me to watch Pitt at 6?" |
| 21 |
19 |
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Brian Vickers |
He keeps getting requests (seriously) from girls to attend their high school proms. He should do it. He didn't get to go to his because he was a Busch regular at the time. |
| 22 |
22 |
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J.J. Yeley |
Report: Michael Waltrip devastated that Yeley is now the last driver listed alphabetically |
| 23 |
23 |
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Kurt Busch |
After that pit-road accident, Edwards' crew chief said, "We're going to get you a new nose, Carl." For a brief second, I thought Carl was going to become the second driver in two months to have major plastic surgery. |
| 24 |
NR |
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Martin Truex Jr. |
His post-race report said that "Four new tires were bolted on Truex [as he] returned for the final restart." That was pretty cool that he drove from 28th to 19th on the final run despite having four tires bolted on him. |
| 25 |
NR |
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Bobby Labonte |
Man, he has a fast car at Atlanta. I can almost hear what Newman was saying on the radio.
Ryan: "Why is the 43 all over me? Is he trying to get the Lucky Dog?"
Spotter: "Ryan, that is for position, bud." |
The Power Rankings are written by Ryan Smithson and the opinions listed here are solely those of the writer. To email Ryan about the Rankings,
click here.
23 posted on
03/23/2006 6:19:02 AM PST by
Johnny Gage
(911 Dispatchers tell cops where to go.)
To: glock rocks
That is one fine pic to head the thread that is.
A little more local info...MM is being awarded the Key to the City of Kingsport in pre race events. I had a notion to drive him...I do believe.
Of course, then one wonders, what do you DO with the Key to the City of Kingsport?
38 posted on
03/23/2006 4:18:10 PM PST by
don-o
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To: glock rocks
Thanks for the big red warning, think my team needs a rest after running two weeks straight. Not that it will probably help the overall score. LOL
43 posted on
03/23/2006 5:00:44 PM PST by
SouthTexas
(There's a hot time in Gay Paris tonight.)
To: glock rocks
86 posted on
03/23/2006 9:37:12 PM PST by
WSGilcrest
(Mikey likes it!)
To: glock rocks
Disney-Pixar film to debut at Lowe's Motor SpeedwayCHARLOTTE -- Gentleman, start your ... projectors?
"Cars," the latest animated offering from Disney and Pixar, will premiere May 26 on four giant outdoor screens at Lowe's Motor Speedway in suburban Charlotte, studio and track officials said Thursday. The debut will come two nights before the track hosts the Coca-Cola 600, with proceeds from the 30,000 tickets benefiting Speedway Children's Charities.
The racing-themed "Cars" is the work of John Lasseter, director of "Toy Story," "A Bug's Life" and "Toy Story 2." The film features the voices of Paul Newman and Owen Wilson, as well as NASCAR drivers Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip.
Even speedway president H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler _ who never met a promotional opportunity he didn't embrace _ contributes to the film, voicing the character of "Tex," a 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
"This is a fantastic film that celebrates everything that we love about cars, and it also gives us a unique view of the world of competitive racing," Wheeler said Thursday.
The premiere, which Disney and Pixar are billing as the first multiple-screen digital cinema premiere ever, will involve some technological derring-do in Turn 2 of the speedway, where four 50-foot-high by 115-foot-wide outdoor screens are to be constructed.
The film will be projected on Texas Instruments DLP Cinema projectors and a special sound system is being installed for the event.
"Cars" features Wilson as the voice of Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car who ends up detoured in the sleepy town of Radiator Springs on his way to the compete in the Piston Cup Championship.
"I have loved automobiles and the world of racing for a long time and 'Cars' is a very personal story to me," Lasseter said. "This premiere event is the perfect way to debut our film to racing and movie enthusiasts."
"Cars" comes in the midst of a rash of NASCAR-themed Hollywood films. Last year's "Herbie: Fully Loaded" put Lindsay Lohan and the Volkswagen Beetle in the midst of the NASCAR racing scene, while "Talladega Nights," slated for an August release, is a NASCAR-themed Will Ferrell comedy.
Disney is in the midst of acquiring Pixar in an all-stock deal valued at $7.4 billion.
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060324/NEWSREC0101/60324019/-1/NEWSRECRSS
115 posted on
03/24/2006 2:47:02 PM PST by
Libloather
(You say Dubai, and I say hello...)
To: glock rocks
Former NASCAR star Ricky Rudd named Virginian of the Year
Associated Press
Mar 24, 2006
ROANOKE, Va. - Ricky Rudd, who retired from NASCAR racing in November after 31 years and a record 788 consecutive starts in stock car racing's premier series, was honored Friday as the Virginian of the Year by the Virginia Press Association.
Rudd, a Chesapeake native, received the award during The Associated Press dinner at the VPA/AP Winter Conference, held this year at the Hotel Roanoke.
Rudd, who lives near Charlotte, N.C., made his NASCAR debut in 1975 and completed his first full season two years later, winning NASCAR's 1977 rookie of the year.
"I didn't have a clue what I was getting into," he said, recalling how he didn't know what the color-coded flags used to give driver's in-race intruction meant.
Rudd also said he's not happy will all the big-business changes NASCAR has made in recent years as it tries to reach new fans in new areas nationally and internationally.
Early in his career, he said, "we were just a bunch of guys that wanted to race."
During that career, which ended with a three-year stint driving for Virginia-based Wood Brothers Racing, Rudd won 23 races, five in Virginia, and finished a career-best second in the series point standings in 1991 while driving for Rick Hendrick.
Rudd, 49, also was something of a maverick for owning his own team for a six-year period that started as NASCAR was moving toward bigger budget, multi-car teams.
From 1994 until he closed his shop after the 1999 season, Rudd won six races as a driver-owner, including the prestigious Brickyard 400, and extended his streak of consecutive seasons with a victory to 16, tied for the third-longest in NASCAR history.
The streak ended in 1999, and Rudd joined Robert Yates Racing the next year.
After three years _ and three victories _ driving for Yates, Rudd moved to the Wood Brothers in 2003, but never could get the snake-bitten team back to Victory Lane.
He finished 37th in his final race after an accident on pit road.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935241&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834932259&path=%21news%21vaapwire
To: glock rocks
Kurt spins Kenseth to win and then excuses his actions afterwards by saying Matt slipped and Kurt was "hungry". Typical.
To: glock rocks
...and Kenseth spins Gordon to gain points lead.
Cheap way to get ahead!
To: glock rocks
Bump for a GREAT thread!!!!
Thanks!
WHOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!
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